Immunological assay conducted in a microlaboratory array
The present invention provides a method of performing an immunological assay separately and in parallel for each of at least a first sample containing or prospectively containing a first binding moiety, which can be an antigen or an antibody, and a second sample containing or prospectively containing the first binding moiety, the method comprising: placing the first sample and the second sample into an array comprising a solid substrate, a plurality of wells and channels, wherein at least one channel is a crossover channel formed in the upper surface of the substrate and is situated above another channel formed in the lower surface of the substrate, thereby forming crossovers comprising crossing but non-intersecting channels; moving said first sample into a first well containing a second binding moiety, which can be an antigen or an antibody, that binds to the first binding moiety, wherein the second binding moiety is bound to the walls of the first well; moving said second sample into a second well containing the second binding moiety bound to the walls thereof; and parallelly pumping one or more fluids through the first and second wells to develop a detectable result that varies depending on the amount of the first binding moiety present in the first or second wells.
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1. A method of performing an immunological assay separately and in parallel for each of at least a first sample containing or prospectively containing a first binding moiety and a second sample containing or prospectively containing the first binding moiety, the method comprising:
- placing the first sample and the second sample into an array comprising a solid substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, a plurality of reservoirs, a plurality of wells connected to the reservoirs and channels that provide the connections between the wells and the reservoirs, wherein at least one channel is a crossover channel formed in the upper surface of the substrate and is situated above another channel formed in the lower surface of the substrate, thereby forming crossovers comprising crossing but non-intersecting channels;
- moving said first sample into a first well containing a second binding moiety that binds to the first binding moiety, wherein the second binding moiety is bound to within the first well;
- moving said second sample into a second well within which the second binding moiety is bound;
- parallelly pumping from the reservoirs one or more fluids into the first and second wells to develop a detectable result that varies depending on the amount of the first binding moiety present in the first or second wells; and
- measuring the detectable result.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first well and the second wells are heated by one or more heaters built into each said well.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein there are light-transmitting pathways from the exterior of the substrate to each of the first and second wells, and wherein the measuring is conducted by optical detection the amount of detectable result developed for the first and second wells.
4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the substrate has a first cover that is sealed onto the top of the substrate to enclose said channel in the upper surface of the substrate and a second cover that is sealed to the bottom of the substrate to enclose said channel in the lower surface of the substrate.
5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising programming a control means to control fluid flow into a channel or well.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reservoirs comprise plastic release containers containing reagents for developing the detectable result.
7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first sample comprises blood.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising parallelly operating the method to process additional samples having the same chemical composition as the first sample to parallelly detect the presence of one or more substances distinct from the first binding moiety, the processing of additional samples comprising:
- placing each of the additional samples in the array;
- moving each additional sample into an additional well, each additional well containing an additional binding moiety, wherein each of the additional binding moieties bind to substances present or prospectively present in the additional samples;
- parallelly, together with the pumping through the first and second wells, pumping from the reservoirs one or more fluids into the additional wells to develop a detectable result that varies depending on the amount of the substance bound by the additional binding moiety found in respective additional well; and
- measuring the detectable result for each of the additional wells.
9. A method according to claim 2, wherein the substrate comprises a dielectric substrate.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the substrate comprises a high melting temperature glass.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the substrate comprises a glass having a flow temperature of about 700 degrees Celsius or more.
12. A method of performing an immunological assay which comprises:
- a) providing substrate having formed therein (i) at least a first reservoir and a second reservoir, (ii) a plurality of wells that each have a connection to the first and second reservoirs, and (iii) channels forming the connections, wherein the channels connecting the wells to reservoirs do not intersect to allow mixing of reagents or solvents provided from the reservoirs prior to such reagents or solvents being deposited in wells;
- b) providing a binding moiety bound with each said well which binding moieties bind a ligand that is present or prospectively present in a sample with which the well will be contacted, wherein at least two different binding moieties are provided in separate said wells;
- c) moving a sample from a reservoir into each of the wells to contact the bound binding ligand;
- d) parallelly pumping fluids from the connected first and second reservoirs through the wells to develop a detectable result that varies depending on the amount of the ligand present in the wells that binds to the binding moiety bound to the respective well; and
- e) measuring the detectable result.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein there are light-transmitting pathways from the exterior of the substrate to each of the first and second wells, and wherein the measuring is conducted by optical detection the amount of detectable result developed for the first and second wells.
14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising programming a control means to control fluid flow into a channel or well.
15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the substrate comprises a dielectric substrate.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the substrate comprises a high melting temperature glass.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the substrate comprises a glass having a flow temperature of about 700 degrees Celsius or more.
18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the substrate has at least one hundred said wells.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 20, 1997
Date of Patent: Jan 12, 1999
Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, NJ)
Inventors: Peter John Zanzucchi (Lawrenceville, NJ), Satyam Choudary Cherukuri (Cranbury, NJ), Sterling Edward McBride (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Christopher L. Chin
Attorney: William J. Burke
Application Number: 8/914,941
International Classification: G01N 33558; G01N 33536;